12 Long Island Interior Designers, Architects, and Landscape Designers You Need to Know

Gieves Anderson

While Long Island may be known as a laid-back retreat from the city, the area takes its design seriously. The Long Island interior designers, architects, and landscape specialists in the AD PRO Directory showcase serious range, taking on the many styles that grace the region, from Shingle-style cottages in Montauk to modern beachfront mansions in the Hamptons. Whether you’re looking to increase your curb appeal with a new landscape, refresh the interiors of your summer beach retreat, or do a soup-to-nuts historic renovation, these AD-approved Long Island–based talents can bring your vision to life.

Interior Design

Jeffrey Alan Marks

In the business of interiors for more than 30 years, bicoastal designer Jeffrey Alan Marks shows no signs of slowing down. Over the course of his career, Marks has created sumptuous living spaces around the world and even made his mark on television as a star of Million-Dollar Decorators. Combining East Coast sophistication with West Coast casual-coolness, his interiors are easygoing and elevated—characteristics that helped propel him into successful product licensing deals with Kravet, the Rug Company, and other industry giants. Rizzoli published his book The Meaning of Home in 2013, and the designer plans to release a second volume next spring.

Beth Donner Design

Hospitality is a key theme in Beth Donner Design’s projects, whether they’re private residences, corporate offices, or boutique hotels. Donner and her team craft welcoming, timeless spaces that blend classic elements with glamorous touches. Black-and-white details, large-scale lighting, and luxe materials combine to create striking rooms. The firm carefully coordinates each project using its extensive expertise in construction and relationships with contractors and tradespeople. Beth Donner Design works with clients across the country, with a particular focus on the New York area, including Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Fire Island. The firm’s latest project, the Seven Beach Lane hotel in Westhampton Beach, is opening early this summer.

Allison Babcock Design

Designer Allison Babcock elevates coastal design, incorporating fresh color palettes, organic elements, and unique vintage pieces. The designer and her eponymous firm bring their timeless style to a wide range of projects, including historic homes, vacation retreats, and city dwellings. Each home is tailored to its environment and designed with the space’s history and architecture in mind. The firm works closely with its clients, showcasing their personal histories and interests through carefully selected art and antiques and collaborations with local artisans that ensure each interior is one of a kind.

A.A. Baker Design

After beginning her career working for Vogue and Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors, Asia Baker founded her firm, A.A. Baker Design, in 2012. The Long Island–based talent is known for her comfortable, sophisticated interiors, which are infused with history and character.

Baker and her small team take an organic approach to design, bringing in a mix of influences and periods to develop layered, rich spaces. The firm’s charm-filled designs feature rich hues, a well-curated mix of antiques and vintage pieces, and a few bold surprises, such as jewel-box service pantry or lattice-lined walls.

Danielle Rose Design Co.

The next talent on our list of Long Island interior designers, Rockville Center–based Danielle Rose Design Co., creates homes that feel made to be lived in with their “elevated, eclectic” style. Led by founder Danielle Chiprut, the firm spends time studying each client and learning about their lifestyles to inform the design and its personal details. Chiprut and her team place an emphasis on handcrafted pieces in their interiors and work to balance aesthetics and functionality in each space. They tailor each project's look to the client’s taste, creating everything from bohemian family homes to coastal primary suites. Danielle Rose Design Co. is also known for its ability to respectfully update classic homes for modern living.

Carter Design

Husband-and-wife team Cy Carter and Genevieve White Carter are the talents at the helm of bicoastal interiors firm Carter Design. With offices in Long Island and Los Angeles, the firm has become known for their ability to craft spaces that are a true reflection of their occupants and sensitive to the home’s architecture, whether it’s a modern ranch-style house, a breezy beach house, or a historic Victorian. Carter Design uses a captivating mix of periods and styles in their livable, spirited rooms and partners with a roster of talented artisans and artists to add singular elements to their designs across the country.

Michael Vincent Design

Founded in 2019 by Michael Tomei, Bellport–based Michael Vincent Design devises spaces that beautifully blend past and present. The designer began his career in the fashion industry, working for esteemed companies such as Lanvin and Balenciaga before shifting his expert eye to interiors. From sophisticated Manhattan flats to Long Island cottages brimming with charm, Tomei approaches each space with reverence for its heritage and contrasts antique furnishings and objects with modern pieces, such as eye-catching art, shapely sofas, and sculptural lighting. The designer isn’t afraid to add playful touches to his historically inspired spaces, from sunny yellow paint peeking out from the back of a bookcase to a porthole mirror in a bathroom.

DATE Interiors

Molly Torres Portnof doesn’t just design rooms for clients: She designs empires. After beginning her career in fashion, the designer founded her firm DATE Interiors (an acronym for Design a Tiny Empire) in 2019, and since then, she’s brought her spirited style to private homes, corporate headquarters, and even a dressing room for the Broadway show Mean Girls. Whether it’s a residential or commercial space, Torres Portnof and her team pack each space with personality and make them feel like home. The firm takes on a small number of projects at a time, giving each the attention it deserves, and handles every detail from mood boards to finishing touches.

Architecture

Bruce Nagel + Partners Architects

Architect Bruce Nagel founded his firm in 1984, and in 2018, the esteemed studio became a partnership, now led by Nagel and David Walker. The firm designs a wide range of structures, from grand private homes to hotels, restaurants, and cultural facilities. Bruce Nagel + Partners Architects’ residential work is tailored to the location and taste of the client, but each home is designed to impress, whether it's a contemporary beachside dwelling or a traditional Shingle Style home. The firm has offices in the Hamptons, Chicago, and West Palm Beach and works with clients around the world.

Koral Brothers Inc.

Koral Brothers Inc. is a one-stop shop for Hamptons new builds. The building firm boasts a staff of structural engineers, architects, project managers, and craftsmen, allowing them to communicate efficiently and move quickly throughout the design process. Koral Brothers works in a variety of styles, constructing everything from contemporary beach houses to traditional country homes. The firm also partners with top architecture and design firms such as Sawyer | Berson, McAlpine House, and Aero Studios, and while their focus is the Hamptons, they’ve also completed homes in New York City and Aspen.

Landscape Design

Quincy Hammond Landscape Architect

It’s easy to be transported to the French countryside while walking through a garden designed by Quincy Hammond. The third-generation landscape architect spent eight years earning her stripes at Hollander Design before founding her own firm in 2010. Quincy Hammond Landscape Architect specializes in formal gardens crafted through a modern, minimalist lens, and Hammond’s graceful gardens reflect their owners while being mindful of the home’s architecture, location, and climate. The firm has designed landscapes at estates across Long Island and beyond, including projects in France, Spain, and Texas.

Marshall Paetzel Landscape Architecture

Led by husband-and-wife team Jonathan and Stacy Paetzel, Marshall Paetzel Landscape Architecture is known for its careful consideration of each site and its use of native and indigenous plants. The firm specializes in working with challenging landscapes and offers a wide range of services, from designing kitchen gardens, sports courts, and swimming pools for residences to environmental restorations and landscapes for commercial and institutional properties. Marshall Paetzel Landscape Architecture works extensively on the East Coast, as well as with clients further afield, including upcoming projects in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and South Florida.

Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

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